Stock-car



(No Model.)

A. G. MATI-IER. s101111 GAR.

No. 411,462. Patented $6111.24. 1889.

UNITED STATES ALONZO C. MATHER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PATENT "OEErcrL STOCK-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 411,462, dated. September 24, 1889. Original application filed January 18, 1888, Serial No. 261,109. Divided and this application filed September 18, 1888. Serial No.

To all whom it may concern.:N

Be it known that I, ALONZO C. MATHER, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofl Illinois, and a citizen of the United States, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Stock-Cars, of which the following is a specication, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in stock-cars having upper and lowercompartments arranged for shipment of small animals, such cars being commonly known as double-deck stock-cars, and the invention consists in the construction and combination of parts, as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical cross-section of my improved de ubledeck car arranged complete for shipment of small animals, such as hogs, sheep, dac. Fig. 2 is a detail cross-sectional View showing the manner of constructing the removable floor that divides the car into upper and lower compartments. Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view of one of the detachable cross-beams for supporting said removable floor. Fig. 4 is a detail front elevation ot' a section of the lower feed-rack.

This application is a division of an application, Serial No. 261,109, filed by me January 18, 1888, describing a stock-car which can be used either as a single or double deck car, and for which Letters Patent No. 806,100 were grant-ed to me January 15, 1880.

A designates a stock-car, which may be made in the usual manner, except in the particulars hereinafter speciiied. In the upper part of this car are longitudinal beams C, supporting cross-beams C., above which is a storage-chamber D, that is located immediately beneath the car roof. In the top of the car, extending from end to end, is an opening D into the chamber D, said opening being closed by a series of doors D2, hinged at D3, and secured by fastenings a a2 a3, as described in my above-mentioned former application. The iioor of the storage-chamber D These (No model.)

boards or double inclines are supported on the cross-beams C and form a door which does not extend quite to the sides of the car, openings D4 being left on each side for the passage of hay and fodder from the storagechamber. The inclines or boards u u constitute a V-shaped feed-bin V, which extends the entire length of the car. This feed-bin is provided at intervals with small feedchutes IV, located a few feet apart and extending from the center of the trough or bin V down into the lower compartment of the car.

The car-sides comprise opposite longitudinal slats S', and upon the upper edges of said slats, about midway between the bottom carfloor and car-roof, rest the rabbeted ends of the transverse floor-supporting beams S, which are provided near each end with a mortise or slot s, extending transversely therethrough, and each is in communication with the inner end of a bolt-hole s', drilled longitudinally in t-he beam from the rabbeted end thereof to said mortise or slot, all in such manner that bolts s2 can be passed through the side slats S into the bolt-holes s until the threaded ends of the bolts project into the mortises or slots s, and then screw-nuts S3 are screwed upon the bolts and tightened to while permitting the latter to be conveniently and rapidly detached and removed when occasion demands. This construction and fastening of the floor-beams to provide a doubledecked stock-car is simple, durable, and eficient, and enables the attachment and detachable cross-beams and fastenings maybe used.

The cross-beams S S support a removable floor S2, which divides the car into two compartments-a lower compartment S3 and an upper compartment S4. This lioor S`,I sometimes make in sections-say four or six, according to the width of the car-which helps materially in the saving of time and labor when setting up or taking down the parts of a double-deck car, as each section consists of a series of boards fastened together and all ready lo lay into place.

E E are feed-racks placed on each side of firmly secure the cross-beams S in position, 4

ment to be quickly accomplished. Other suitthe car in the upper compartment S4 and ex- IOO tending from end to end of the car. These racks are made in sections, that they may be folded between the cross-beams C, and also that they may be conveniently handled. The feed -racks each comprise an upper and a lower longitudinal slat or bar connected by spaced rounds e, between' which the animals feed, as in an ordinary hay-rack, andthe lower' longitudinal slat or bar of each rack is hinged in an),T suitable manner to the car-side, as'by eyebolts c, Fig. l. The upper longitudinal' slator bar of each rack is provided with a staple c2, for engaging a hook c on the inside of the car, so'that the racks can be held in a vertical or folded position against the sides of the car when desired. When lowered, they rest on the longitudinal beams C in an' in'- clined position.

T T arefeed-racks for the lower compartment S3.

S, and inA constructiony and operation they are similar to the folding racks E of the upper compartment.

T T are a series of openings cut along;

each side of the car through: the floor S2, for

the purpose of giving access tothe space T3 behind the racks T, whereby fodder may bel placedin the racks.

:T2 T2 are hinged doors or covers, which formv a part of floor S2, for covering the openings The storage-chamber D is supplied with feed through the doorsDandthe feed-racks E, being lowered,will become'iill'edwith hayor fodder, which passesthrough the si'de openings D4, the' bulk of the hay, however, re-` mainin g stored in they chamber Dg' but as the bottom of this chamber is partly inclined:

outward, as shown at a,the' movements of the car during transit will cause the'h'ay orfod der to settle and' fall` toward' andint'o'` the openings D4, andv thev racks E will thus be'v kept supplied as long as hay or fodder remains in@ the chamber D, whichv will'. be asl much as will be required for a trip`r of con-l Whenv the car is-V loaded with small animals, it is oftenv desirable to feed-L themwith c'o'rng. which it has heretoforebeen` very difficult to do during transit.A By having'corn stored'l inf the bin V the inclined sidesfa u will makeiti fall toward the center of the bin and the mof These racks aremade in. sectionsto allow them to-fold between the cross-beamstion of the car will shake it down through the chutes W onto the iioor of tlie lower compartment within reach of the animals.- I also make holes w through the inclined sides u of the bin V at intervals to allow grain to fall down onto the floor kof the upper compartment, where it can beT taken up by the animals confined there. The other parts of the ,cham-ber D being filled with hay or fodder, the grain in the bin or trough V will be confined between the points u u. The trough f or bin V can also be used for supplying water `to the animals. What l? claimy as' my invention islf. double-decked stock-car having a bottom floor, sides, and a roof, and provided about midway betweeniv the bottom loor'and roof with'removablecrossbeamsiS, d'etachabl'y secured'` to the' sides of the' car, and a removable iiooring on the cross-beams,-a sto-ragezchamberD; located inthe' top' part of the car,l

and feedracls located along the` interior an df onl opposite sides of? the' carabove and' below the said removable flooring and? cross-beams, substantially asshowrr and described. h

2; A= d'oubieedec'ked' stock-car'having a botytom floor, sides, and a roof, and providedv vabout. midway betweenvv t'he bottom Hoor and roof with-removable cross-beams Sgdetachably secured' toL the car-sides, aremovableiiooring on: thel` cross-beams, storageechamber Diln the vtoppartfof the car, a grain-trough1 or'bin V, and feed-chutes'V, leading fronr the trou-'gh or substantially a'sshownE and descri-b ed?.

3i A double-decked-l stocbcar'ha-ving a bot- 'tom door, sides,A and roof, and provided about midway between thetvbottomY iioor and roof witli removablev and replaceable' lcrossbeamsV detacliabl-'y' secured tothe car-sides, a `removablel flooring onf the crossLbeams,-and feed-racks along the interioron` oppositesides of the car above and below the said crossbeams and flooring, substantially as shown and` described'.

i'. A double-decked stock-car having'a bottom floor, sides, and al roof, and provided Aabout midway between the bottom Hoor and' roof withremovable cross-beams S, detachably secured` toi thev carlsides, af removable iioorin g SionA the' cross-beams-, aL storage-chamber D; in the top part ofthe caiga' grainl trough or bin V',Aa` feedLchultelV, leading from the trough or' bin to they center ot7 tlie'l lowerv deck, feedra'cks" E above the removable iioorin'g,a`nd feed-racksT below the latter, substantially as described- A i p ALONZO @L MATHER'. inesses:

HARRY T. JONES, E. A1 WEST.

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